It is also a good idea to keep track of other sites linking to yours. Mostly, these will be various directories that you have never heard of before. Since Google ranks sites with more external links than sites with fewer, keep track of the number of sites linking to yours… If you have paid to be listed with a directory, then you can check their linking, as well.

The hidden tools.

Okay, here we go. For each of the two search engines, you need to go to their browser (click on their logos below) and key the below bold text into their search bar, replacing “domain” with your domain name.

site:domain.com

Displays all pages Google has indexed from your site.

allinurl:domain.com

Displays all pages Google currently is showing from your site.

link:www.domain.com

Shows all links to your website in the Google indexes.

cache:www.domain.com

Shows the latest revision of the URL Google has in its cache and when they last indexed it.

site:domain.com

Displays all pages Yahoo has indexed from your site.

url:http://www.domain.com

Shows the latest revision of the URL Yahoo has in its cache (Yahoo does not share their cache dates).